John Corn, Jr.
There were seven boys and one girl born to John and Jane Corn of Philadelphia, with John Jr. being number four in birth order. He was number two in enlisting…
Read MoreNative American Sailors
These two Native Americans served in the U.S. Navy in the 19th Century and are buried here at Mount Moriah Cemetery. Both sailors have new “replica style” replacement grave markers,…
Read MoreMarshall Parker
Marshall lived a life of service to both his country and his community, starting with his enlistment in the Army on September 15, 1862. He said he was 25 when…
Read MoreJoseph Sergeant
The Sergeants may have originally used the name Sargent when they lived in Ireland and had six or seven children. After the parents settled in Newark, Delaware in the mid-1850s,…
Read MoreWilliam McKinley Mervine
The Mervine family has roots in Chester and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania going back to the 1700s. Each of William’s four great-grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War. His father, Thomas, owned…
Read MoreWilliam Charlton
The Charltons, Francis and Mary, arrived in Philadelphia from Ireland in 1838 with an infant daughter, welcoming their first son a year later. That was William, who would later have…
Read MoreJacob Conrad
This naturalized citizen was a wounded soldier in his new country’s army, then started his own business and made a successful career. It’s a fairly common story in the last…
Read MorePeter Turner
Not many men have dedicated 48 of their 68 years to active service in the United States Navy, and even fewer have had the naval pedigree that belonged to Peter…
Read MoreNunzio Finelli
Nunzio was born to the owner of a large hotel in Naples, Italy and grew up learning the art of cooking for his father’s guests from the French chef who…
Read MoreJohn Quincy Adams Ziegler
There’s no doubt that the Zieglers wanted to name their baby boy in honor of the sixth U.S. President who was in office at the time. John was born in…
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